Strategic Planning: How to Start the Conversation

Within most organizations there is usually consensus about the importance of strategic planning and the need to either create one for the first time or update an older version, yet the task seems overwhelming and many wonder where it might even be the right place to start. What we suggest to our clients is to […]

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Leadership vs Management

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” -Theodore Roosevelt It is not uncommon in many organizations to hear executives complain about most employees just “working for a paycheck” and […]

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Leading Your Organization Towards Social Entrepreneurship

The Schwabb Foundation defines Social Entrepreneurship in the following way. Social entrepreneurship is: • About applying practical, innovative and sustainable approaches to benefit society in general, with an emphasis on those who are marginalized and poor. • A term that captures a unique approach to economic and social problems, an approach that cuts across sectors […]

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Non-Profit Impact: From Good Deeds to Good Evidence

"a common thread amongst organizations (...) is the lack of data to help demonstrate the effectiveness of their actions."

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Simple Steps to Help Avoid Communication Problems

"take into account the risks associated with failing to manage the ways in which information and ideas flow in and out of the organization."

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